Parallel Worlds

Note: this interview is a repeat, having been recorded and interviewed last year. Full show notes at 

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Abi Palmer is a mixed-media artist and writer. Her work often includes themes of disability, gender and multisensory interaction. Her artworks include: Crip Casino, an interactive gambling arcade parodying the wellness industry and institutionalised spaces, displayed at the Tate Modern and Somerset House; and Alchemy, a multisensory poetry game, which won a Saboteur Award in 2016. She has written for BBC Radio, The Guardian and Poetry London. She recently published her first book, Sanatorium, through Penned in the Margins.

Abi is also my sister, and we frequently collaborate on creative projects together. In this *very* rambling conversation, Abi and I discuss myriad topics, including:

Today's episode is a repeat from last year - the interview with poet, fiction writer, performer, and podcaster Tim Clare.

Apologies for the low audio quality of my introduction!

The time has come! It's the last assignment of the course. 

Today's exercises:

Today we're reflecting on our immediate surroundings, then writing the ideal review of your work.

Combining your ideas! 

This episode contains two exercises: 

- A 5 minute free write / free-speak / free draw / free something, to record the here and now, or to let your mind wander

- A 10 minute exercise to - make a list of ‘things’ which have an underlying concept, from any area of human culture. You could list films, TV shows, books, poems, soap operas, operas, songs, games – whatever they are, make sure you can summarise their key concepts in a sentence or two.

Chick Mate by Elisabet, who interviews Mohammad. Note, this is the same interview as 2021.W7.E1, but edited differently!

Elisabet says: This is an interview of Mohammad talking about a story he created, which is based on a lies you would tell to kids. This story is about why chickens can't fly.

This weeks' podcasts were made by students in the Parallel Worlds class interviewing each other. This piece is an interview with Niké by Vlad, who says: Attempting to keep the original format of a live podcast, We decided to have a free conversation about a subject that is relevant to everybody, Food

It's called Parallel Perspectives.

This weeks' podcasts were made by students in the Parallel Worlds class interviewing each other. This piece is an interview with Vlad by Niké, who says: We focus on food and its relation with art. It's called Parallel Perspectives. Come back tomorrow for the reverse interview!

This weeks' podcasts were made by students in the Parallel Worlds class interviewing each other.

Today, Joris describes a sound exploration along the train tracks and the joy of listening with new ears.

It's a quick chit chat with Clara, a Situated Design student at MIVC. She explains one of her work for Parallel Worlds module, Tears are the Drool of the Eye. Check it out!

Student interview between Mohammad and Elisabet. Mohammad says:

"I was interviewed by Elisabeth about the last task to do for this module, where we had to write lies to kids and create a narrative story about it"

This episode is just a link to two other articles on other peoples' podcasts:

This episode is about counterfactuals! But really, it might have been about anything else. 

Welcome to Parallel Worlds 2021! This episode is an introduction to this 8-week open-access course. 

Today's episode is an interview with poet, fiction writer, performer, and podcaster Tim Clare.

Apologies for the low audio quality of my introduction!

Abi Palmer is a mixed-media artist and writer. Her work often includes themes of disability, gender and multisensory interaction. Her artworks include: Crip Casino, an interactive gambling arcade parodying the wellness industry and institutionalised spaces, displayed at the Tate Modern and Somerset House; and Alchemy, a multisensory poetry game, which won a Saboteur Award in 2016. She has written for BBC Radio, The Guardian and Poetry London. She recently published her first book, Sanatorium, through Penned in the Margins.

Abi is also my sister, and we frequently collaborate on creative projects together. In this *very* rambling conversation, Abi and I discuss myriad topics, including:

This is the last exercise episode of this season!

Exercises

Resources

Today we're being mean on ourselves, writing the worst review possible for our own work. 

Today we're reflecting on our immediate surroundings, then writing the ideal review of your work. 

This episode contains two exercises: 

- A 5 minute free write / free-speak / free draw / free something, to record the here and now, or to let your mind wander

- A 10 minute exercise to - make a list of ‘things’ which have an underlying concept, from any area of human culture. You could list films, TV shows, books, poems, soap operas, operas, songs, games – whatever they are, make sure you can summarise their key concepts in a sentence or two.

This is the fifth of the freewriting exercises this week. Well done for making it this far! The subjects to write about today are: 

Enjoy! :) 

This is the third of the freewriting exercises. Well done for making it this far!

The subjects to write about today are: